Anthropological Theory: An Introductory HistoryA comprehensive and accessible survey of the history of theory in anthropology, this anthology of classic readings contains in-depth commentary in introductions and notes to help guide students through excerpts of seminal anthropological works. The commentary provides the background information needed to understand each article, its central concepts, and its relationship to the social and historical context in which it was written. |
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... religion " to some extent unintelligible " ( see essay 3 ) . Tylor , on the other hand , asserted that , properly under- stood , primitive religious beliefs had rational bases . He further insisted that the development of religion ...
... religion " to some extent unintelligible " ( see essay 3 ) . Tylor , on the other hand , asserted that , properly under- stood , primitive religious beliefs had rational bases . He further insisted that the development of religion ...
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... religion to a single source . If psycho - analysis is compelled — and is , indeed , in duty bound - to lay all the emphasis upon one particular source , that does not mean it is claiming either that that source is the only one or that ...
... religion to a single source . If psycho - analysis is compelled — and is , indeed , in duty bound - to lay all the emphasis upon one particular source , that does not mean it is claiming either that that source is the only one or that ...
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... religious , for re- ligious notions furnish its basis . Far from being limited to one or two categories of beings , the do- main of totemic religion extends to the final limits of the known universe . Just like the Greek religion , it ...
... religious , for re- ligious notions furnish its basis . Far from being limited to one or two categories of beings , the do- main of totemic religion extends to the final limits of the known universe . Just like the Greek religion , it ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sigmund Freud The Return of Totemism in Childhood 1913 | 67 |
The Foundations of Sociological Thought | 84 |
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